Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-03-10
FOODS AND MILK,
synopsis of Interesting Experiments Re.
Gently Made in Germany.

Synopsis of Interesting Experiments Re-
Gently Made in Germany.
Interesting experiments have been
made in Germany by Herr Neuhaus
upon the effects of succulent and dry
foods upon the quality of the milk.
1t Is well known that cows fed on green
forage give an abundant quantity of
milk, and the pasturage being rich, the
milk is of high quality. 1t was wished
to ascertain if cows suffered in the pro-
ductlon of milk, as to quality, by the
dlnerent class OF food which city COW.
keepers were compelled to use.
Two chemists were employed by Herr
Neuhaus, and their results are in each
case the same. Surprising that a COW
requires 1.3o per cent. of her
weight of dry material, but, in
addition, $50 per cent. of her
weight of water. Herr Neuhaus be-
heves that neither forage grass from ir-
rlSated meadows, or grains, both of
which contain large quantity of wa
ter, would have bad influence upon
the milk. In the first ANALYSIS made of
milk from cows fed upon green forage
cut from irrigated meadows to which
some lucerne was added, the results
We're: Fatty matters, 20S per cent,
and dry matters, II per cent. Three
analyses made of milk obtained from
cows fed exclusively upon forage grass
obtained from irrigated meadows gave
the following results:
Fatty Matters DRY Matters.
$50 12
3.95 12
$50 1918
1t is we'll known that cows which are
fed in the stall give milk which is rich
er in the evening than in the morning,
and it was found to be the same in
analyses of milk produced from fora ge-
fed cows, as follows:
Fatty Matters. Dry Aattsrs
Milk of the Morning 2.OS IL
Midday 3 IL
Evening 8 125
Herr Neuhaus believes that when
grains are fed nationally they are not
hurtful to the cattle; but he makes a
most important point when he states
that it is necessary to heat them from
12O to 140 degrees in order to kill the
dangerous organisms which they con-
tain and to prevent acidulation. In
how many eases in this country do
dairymen use grains which are abso-
1ute1y sour, and use them too every
day? The danger of grain feeding is
not so much in the food itself as in the
condition in which it is given. The
analyses of milk produced from a ra-
ton composed of grains, irrigated for
age grass, and barley straw, was:
Fatty matters, $50; dry matters,
1906. The German writer
also gives details with re-
gard to the cream yield, and explains
the differences which in some instances
arise by reason of the variety of kinds
and sizes of thermometers which are in
use among dairymen. A proper cream
tube or glass should be an inch and
half in diameter, the narrow tubes so
commonly used being practically use
less. At the same time it may be OBJ
served that the cream test is of no de-
cisive value as an indication of the
value of the milk.
Cream is composed of fat globules
and milk, the milk being sometimes
much larger in proportion than at
others, and in some cases. where the
size of the cream @lobules varies. as it
does in different COWS and in different
races, these globules do not rise to
their full extent, and consequently
the cream does not Indicate as
it ought to do. 1t has long been con-
clusively shown that although the
cream test is, roughly speaking, a
near enough guide for ordinary con-
sumers of milk, buying in small guam
titles, it is not sufficient test-in-
deed, quite the reverse. being most
misleading as an Indie alton of the food
and fat value of the milk.
1t is stated that the difficultyis found
in Berlin. as in London. in milk which
has been transported to a distance. for
the cream rises to the surface before it is
delivered, and it is with diff Guilty again
amalgamated, and in the same way it
may be remarked that where dairymen
send out milk i'll large cans and deliver
it from tap at the bottom there is q
liability to hand customers a sample
which is poor in consequence of the ris-
ing of the cream to the surface.
Ito. remedy this defect German has
invented tube which enables Il retailer
to deliver milk from this tap at the bot
tom of his can which is of proper quail
ity.so far as regards the milk which the
csus-contains. The great object in de-
liw.ering from the bottom of the can is
to enable the milk retailer to lock his
can. and so prevent the delivery mar
extracting any or adding water
Farm; Field and tStOckna01.
A Reliable FertiIizer.